Coop, are you aware that there are some of the churches that are in the UPCI that are UPCI affiliated? In case you did not know that it only means that reguardless of what the Pastor does the district and general boards
can remove, select pastors for this assembly. There are alot out there that are not affiliated to the organization. Those can do whatever. But the Pastor may be asked to leave the organization it he does something out of bylaws.
The main thing is that in those unaffiliated ones the pastors act as if they are so they are tougher on the standards and such. IMO. I have been a few different UPCI churches over the past years, from state to state. Boils down to another way for the pastor and the organization to have a grip on the saints. The crazy thing is if the Pastor does what both boards want then that Pastor is pretty much set in place for a long time, unless he chooses to leave.
People could tell the pastor to keep the standards to himself, but with the seasoned saints
and people that have heard for years, "obey them that have rule over you..." will likely corner the newbies and try to "cult"urize them. I am not saying the UPCI is a cult, not even close to saying that, but how some of the people act about this stuff is cultish. Conform or else. I know of an instance where on a Sunday night service a lady the HG and three days later on Wednesday Sis. Seaoned Saints told her, "now you need to not cut your hair and wearing pants,shorts, etc. that is not appealing to God. And it is sin." That made the lady very confused and only held on for a couple months then she left, never saw her again. That is sick.
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